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<blockquote data-quote="Silverleaf" data-source="post: 2368291" data-attributes="member: 30790">I design &amp; code software, of all sorts, for various OS's.&nbsp; That's what I do all day long at work (and in much of my free time too), and others look up to me when they need help to solve problems.&nbsp; It's sometimes fun, sometimes frustrating, sometimes rewarding and fulfilling.&nbsp; Invariably though I spend a great deal of my time banging my head against brick walls until I break through them.&nbsp; I'm not particularly bright, or dumb.&nbsp; But I'm tenacious, and computers have always &quot;clicked&quot; with me ever since I touched an 8-bit CP/M micro at age 9.&nbsp; Those are the systems I enjoy figuring out and making them dance to my tune.&nbsp; That is my purpose, if there ever was one.But I play D&amp;D to get away from that, to take a break.&nbsp; Much in the same way as I read comic books or watch movies.&nbsp; I don't read the latest Heavy Metal and try to stat out the protagonists in Bilal's latest graphic novel.&nbsp; That stuff gets in the way of the story, the fantasy.&nbsp; And using a D&amp;D session as an workout for the math part of the brain is much the same.&nbsp; D&amp;D is better left as an excercise of imagination and creativity, using the rules only at the most basic level.&nbsp; Unfortunately 3e has made this rather difficult, so I play a house-ruled version of Basic/Expert...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silverleaf, post: 2368291, member: 30790"] I design & code software, of all sorts, for various OS's. That's what I do all day long at work (and in much of my free time too), and others look up to me when they need help to solve problems. It's sometimes fun, sometimes frustrating, sometimes rewarding and fulfilling. Invariably though I spend a great deal of my time banging my head against brick walls until I break through them. I'm not particularly bright, or dumb. But I'm tenacious, and computers have always "clicked" with me ever since I touched an 8-bit CP/M micro at age 9. Those are the systems I enjoy figuring out and making them dance to my tune. That is my purpose, if there ever was one. But I play D&D to get away from that, to take a break. Much in the same way as I read comic books or watch movies. I don't read the latest Heavy Metal and try to stat out the protagonists in Bilal's latest graphic novel. That stuff gets in the way of the story, the fantasy. And using a D&D session as an workout for the math part of the brain is much the same. D&D is better left as an excercise of imagination and creativity, using the rules only at the most basic level. Unfortunately 3e has made this rather difficult, so I play a house-ruled version of Basic/Expert... [/QUOTE]

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